What, When, Where, How, Who2
Some background on sp_who2 from Jason Brimhall and a dive into the inner workings of how to find current activity on an SQL instance.
2010-06-14
13,940 reads
sp_who2
View connection and Locking Information
This script combines sp_who2 and sp_lock to get meaning full info that includes host Ip address
2010-05-17 (first published: 2009-06-23)
2,513 reads
usp_SQL_In_sp_who2
Ammends the sp_who2 procedure with the input buffer contents, ususally the SQL statement for that SPID
2009-04-24 (first published: 2009-03-27)
1,287 reads
Indepth SPID information
This SP gives you most of the detail you need on a long running query. Simply pass the SPID.
2009-01-12 (first published: 2008-12-31)
2,287 reads
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I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
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